Sturt Electorate Demographics (SA)

In the 2011 census the population of Sturt was 140,216 and is comprised of approximately 52.0% females and 48.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sturt is 41 years of age.

65.8% of people living in the electorate of Sturt were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.8% Italy, 4.7% England, 2.7% China , 2.3% India, 1.3% Malaysia, 0.9% Germany, 0.8% Korea, Republic of , 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Greece, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.5% Poland.

70.1% of people living in Sturt speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.7% Italian, 3.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.9% Mandarin, 2.2% Other, 2.0% Greek, 1.6% Cantonese, 0.8% Korean, 0.8% Arabic, 0.8% Other.

50.8% of people are married, 31.6% have never married and 8.1% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 8417 widowed people living in Sturt.

56.2% of the people living in Sturt over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.1% are working on a part time basis. Sturt has an unemployment rate of 5.1%.